Glare screen



' March 24, 1925.

E. c.` MIDGLEY GLARE SCREEN aljgjgay e. 1924 Patented Mar. 24, 1925.

UNITED STATES ERNEST C. MIDGLEY,

PATENT OFFICE'.

0F UNION, NEW YORK.

GLAR'E SCREEN.

Application filed Ia'y 8, 1924. Serial No. 711,805.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that ERNEST C. MIDGLEY, citizen of the United States,residing at Union, in the county of Broome and State of New York, hasinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Glare Screens, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to a glare screen adapted to be attached to thewind shield of automobiles to shield the eyes of the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view through one of the vacuum cupshereinafter described and:

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view through one of said vacuum cupsfthesame being shown partly in elevationf'? Like numerals designatecorrespondingy garts throughout the several figures of the rawmg.

In the drawing Adesignates the uppe section of a conventionalwindshield. The glare screen proper consists of a web which may be wiregauze. loosely woven textile fabric or other semi-transparent material.At each end of the web 5 there is provided a loop or bail 6, one leg ofwhich passes through the end of the web and the other leg of whichpasses through a channel 7 formed in a boss 8, of a verticallyelongated. .vacuum cup 9. A rib 10 lying vertically of the cupconstitutes a handle or grip whereby it may be grasped and forced intocontact with the inner face of the glass of the wind shield.

The device of the invention is so simple in construction and so easilyapplied that the driver finds no difficulty in readily putting it inplace for use when driving at nightvand, if desired, removing it duringthe day, though it may be left in place if desired.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the preciseconstruction setl forth but that it includes within its purview whateverchanges come within either the terms or the spirit of the appendedclaims.

Having described my invention what I claim is:

1. A glare screen comprising an elongated web of fiexible and foraminousfabric, an elastic vacuum cup at each end thereof, said vacuum cupsbeing substantially triangular in transverse cross-section and beingelon-v gated in the direction of the width of the web of fabric,elongated ribs extending along the inner sides of the vacuum cups saidribs having openings formed therethrough from end to end, loopedportions formed at the ends of the fabric and wire loops which extendthrough the looped portions of the faband-through the openings of theqsaid r1 s.

2. A glare screen comprising an elongated web of flexible and foraminousfabric, an elastievacuum cup at each end thereof. said v vacuum cupsbeing substantially triangular in transverse cross-section and beingelongated inthe direction of the width of the web and each having anelongated rib along the apex of the triangle, elongated ribs lying alongthe inner sides of the said vacuum cups and substantially equal inlength to the width .of the forammous fabric and wire loops havingportions which extend entirely through the last named ribs and throughloopedportions formed at theends of the foraminous fabric.

In testimony whereof he aiixes his signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

, ERNEST C. MIDGLEY. Witnesses:

JOHN M. PAYNE, FRANK E. DAY.`

